Why Did Trump Fire the IGs?

In Trump 2.0, Watchdogs are a problem

Have you noticed Trump talks less these days about “draining the swamp,” and when he does, he’s not talking about ridding Washington of lobbyists? He’s talking about abolishing the “administrative state” and replacing it with the first cousin of a dictatorship headed by himself.

I haven’t read much from Congressional Republicans about Trump’s violation of the Inspector General Act. Fortunately, Democrats are speaking up.

Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) is one of those Democrats. Here’s Huffman’s press release on the issue:

Ranking Member Huffman Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Illegal Midnight Purge of Federal Watchdogs

In unprecedented move, Trump enacts Project 2025 scheme to fire independent inspectors general and lay off environmental justice and diversity employees

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) — founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force — issued the following statement on Trump’s late-night firing of inspectors general from various federal agencies and purge of…